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...three-mile walk with a friend of mine. We've done that for a decade now. I come back, get the kids off to school with my husband, and then I go up to my office and answer fan mail for about an hour or so online. Then I pick up whatever I've been writing the day before and read through it on the screen, editing as I go. When I get to the bottom, I just start writing again. I do that until about 3:30 or so when the kids come home and I magically turn into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Author Jodi Picoult | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

...that self-fulfilling spiral also means relative calm can follow bouts of chaos. Though the causes of Monday's global sell-a-thon remain unchanged, by Tuesday markets had mostly digested it all - and began looking for ways to pick up, muddle on, and possibly find a deal to be had in dumped stock. One reason for the bargain hunting is that investors know inordinately depressed markets mean there are deals to be had. "Half of the companies on Paris' CAC 40 have seen their stock fall to less than their equity capital - which makes no economic or financial sense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asian and European Markets Calmer, but More Chaos Ahead | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

...seem that bad?CM: I don’t know if the Harvard situation is that bad. Although, the retirement home I visited looked pretty lively—there was a gym, a swimming pool, movies, dance class, lectures...JW: ...writing papers all night.11. FM: If you could both pick one historical period to be either writing or criticizing in, it would be?CM: 1890—1930. There was a huge amount going on. There was the rise of modernism and the excitement. They had a sense of the urgency of their project; I think we live...

Author: By Alexander J. Ratner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Claire Messud and James Wood | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

...host dies, you may have to pick up the phone. Are you read for that?" he warned bloggers...

Author: By Samuel P. Jacobs | Title: Carr Talk | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

...suffer from mental illness are less successful in school, and wind up dropping out and falling into drugs and alcohol, Kennedy said. Kennedy also told the audience that over 50 percent of foster children wind up in prison. When asked what advice he would give to people trying to pick themselves up after falling into addiction, Kennedy replied, “Take things one day at a time, slow down...find others and realize you’re not alone in this world.” Kennedy stressed that there is much more work to be done. He mentioned...

Author: By Ellie Reilly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kennedy Calls For Healthcare Reform | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

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